Predict how the transcontinental railroad will make a difference in the civil war. now, research the inventions of the 19th century. tell what other inventions of the 19th century will change the way people see and remember the war? why?

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The Transcontinental Railroad wasn't completed until four years after the Civil War ended. It wouldn't have made much of a difference if it was completed before the war as it only ran east to west, not north to south.

The first battle between iron-clad ships took place during the Civil War (1862). It made wooden naval ships obsolete.

The Gatling gun was invented during the Civil War. It was the forerunner of modern machine guns.

The Civil War saw the first use of repeating rifles in war.